Staying Safe in Bear Country  (or, making sure bears are safe from you)

Know the Difference — from Bear Smart Society, a primer on the difference between black bears and grizzlies

How to use bear spray (video) — from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

About bear resistant products — from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (they certify products)

Camping in bear country — from Parks Canada

Securing Food, Garbage, and Gear — from Bear Smart

Storing food in bear country — from the National Parks Service

Recommended distances between your food, campsite, and cooking area — from Gallatin National Forest

Bearwise — an organization that helps people live alongside black bears, great information for your home, in the outdoors, bear spray basics, and much more.

Books About Bears

Bears Without Fear by Kevin Van Tighem

Black Bears: A Natural History by Dave Taylor

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie

Bear Attacks: Their Causes And Avoidance, 3rd edition by Stephen Herrero

Down From The Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews

Other Books I Recommend

Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell about Fear by Erica Berry

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide by Charles Foster

Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb

“Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” a 1936 lecture given by J.R.R. Tolkien 

I made this page for readers of How to Survive a Bear Attack. I’ll keep the list updated. Feel free to send suggestions using this contact form.